Frequently Asked Questions - Current Students

The S/T planner is your guide to the program. The planner provides you with information to successfully navigate the program including all necessary coursework to earn the endorsement.

You need to earn 13 credits. 

Advanced STEM electives are the science elective courses that you will take to meet the criteria to earn your endorsement in your major. 

AP Computer Science Principles and AP Environmental Science both count as Advanced STEM Electives but do not count as credit towards your AP Completer course.

The following majors are available to students.

• Biology/Chemistry

• Engineering/Physics

• Computer Science

• Exploratory

Students choose their major in the spring of their sophomore year.

Students will select from the following options. 

• Option 1 : Full Day schedule with RP

• Option 2: Internship

• Option 3: Half-Day schedule with RP + 1 Dual Enrollment Course per semester

Students select their option in the spring of their junior year. 

Students may not change their option once it is selected as the senior scheduled is based on the selected option. 

Students may not change their major as the major determines the courses that students will take during the last two years of the program. 

Research Practicum is a course in which students develop an original STEM- based project during their senior year. 

Yes, all Science and Technology students must take RP.

The RP sections that are available are:

• RP Biology

• RP Physical Science

• RP Engineering

• RP Internship

• RP Environmental Science

Students are placed in an RP section based on the major they choose at the end of the 10th grade year or in RP Internship if they are offered an internship. 

The internship program is a competitive program that provides students with the opportunity to conduct research at an off campus facility under the guidance of a mentor. 

Students that are interested in applying for the internship program must complete the application in the fall of their junior year. Once the application is processed students will be alerted in early spring if they were accepted into the program. Students must provide their own transportation to internship sites. 

Dr. Yau-Jong Twu

The deadline to submit the application for an internship is early December. The specific date will be shared at the beginning of the school year. 

There is no guarantee that your RP class will meet in the morning, therefore you should plan to be on campus in the afternoon until you confirm your schedule.

Yes, S&T students are encouraged to take dual enrollment courses.

Students can attend Prince George's Community College as well as other institutions. The process may differ depending on the institution. Please reference the PGCPS Dual Enrollment website for further guidance.

Find out more about dual enrollment on the PGCPS website .

Ms. Peaches Crenshaw, PGCC COAST Advisor

Certain dual enrollment classes will count as Advanced STEM electives. Please consult the Science and Technology Coordinator to verify classes.

Yes, approval from the Science and Technology Coordinator is required. 

It depends. If you have completed your Advanced STEM electives by your senior year, then you can take courses such as English 1010.  This is on a case by case basis, please see your S/T coordinator for course approval.

No, you must take the class during the school year. 

No. The half day schedule is granted on a case by case basis and is contingent upon completion of MSDE graduation credits. 

No. If you are granted a half day schedule, it may be for the morning OR the afternoon. Please do not make plans to be off campus during your senior year until you have confirmed at the beginning of the school year that you will have a morning half day schedule.